A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Study of First-Line Maintenance Tarceva Versus Tarceva at the Time of Disease Progression in Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Who Have Not Progressed Following 4 Cycles of Platinum-Based Chemotherapy
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Study of First-Line Maintenance Tarceva Versus Tarceva at the Time of Disease Progression in Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Who Have Not Progressed Following 4 Cycles of Platinum-Based Chemotherapy
This double-blind, placebo-controlled study will evaluate the benefit of first-line maintenance erlotinib (Tarceva) versus erlotinib at the time of disease progression in participants with advanced NSCLC who have not progressed following 4 cycles of platinum based-chemotherapy and whose tumor does not harbor an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-activating mutation. Participants will be randomized to receive either erlotinib 150 milligrams (mg) orally (PO) once daily or placebo. Participants who progress on placebo will receive erlotinib 150 mg PO once daily as second-line therapy, and those who progress on erlotinib may switch to a non-investigational, second-line chemotherapy. Treatments will continue until disease progression, death, or unacceptable toxicity. Participants may also be entered into a final Survival Follow-Up (SFU) period upon treatment discontinuation.
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S. Giovanni Rotondo, Apulia 71013, Italy
Legnago, Lombardy 37045, Italy
Sittard-Geleen, 6162 BG, Netherlands
Muang, 50200, Thailand
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